“The resolve of the world to reduce its dependency on Russian oil and gas is morphing into a heightened urgency for the transformation of our energy mix towards lower carbon emissions in our energies in the coming years,” he said.European leaders who had abandoned the need for energy security for their citizens in pursuit of green energy — led by Germany which imagines itself as the jolly green giant of Europe — were saying the same thing.
Europe, along with the UK, is scrambling to find supplies of natural gas — while costs to consumers are skyrocketing — to have sufficient reserves just to get through this winter. Germany is considering prolonging the lives of its three remaining nuclear power plants after previously vowing to shut them down by the end of this year.
In Canada, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is an advocate of rapidly transitioning away from fossil fuels to green energy as “an insurance policy against higher energy prices” — the opposite of what her government’s policies are actually doing. She supports Canada providing Europe with liquid natural gas to help make up for Putin curtailing its supply.